1920.] Birds of Quetta. 193 



Tringa glareola L. 



Mostly a bird of passage throughout April and May, 

 when it is plentiful. It reappears in smaller numbers in 

 August, a few remaining for the winter. 



Tringa hypoleuca L. 



Common on passage from early April to the end of May. 

 The return passage commences with August. Not seen in 

 winter. 



There was a pair of these birds on the Urak Stream 

 throughout May and June 1914, at about 9000 feet. From 

 their l)ehaviour T am convinced that they were nesting, as on 

 3.vi. one of them disappeared. My search for the brooding 

 bird was futile, but when I visited the place again in early 

 August both parents and certainly two birds of the year 

 were there. 



Numenius arquatus L. 



Uncommon on both passages. Noted on 9. iv., 12. viii., 

 and 30. xi. None were obtained. 



Hydrochelidon leucopareia. { = hyhnda.) 



H. I. indica (Steph.). 

 There were several at Khushdil throughout May 1914, 

 when I obtained adults in breeding-plumage. 



Hydroprogne tschegrava. { = Sterna caspia.) 

 H. t. tscliegrava (Lep.). 



A large flock appeared at Khushdil on 30.iv. 14, and 

 remained there till 17. v. On 20. vi. there was still a pair, 

 but they wont off a few days later. 



Sterna hirundo L. 



Plentiful at Khushdil in May and early June, 1914. Not 

 observed at any other time. None were obtained. 



Larus ridibundus L. 



A common winter visitor from the middle of October till 

 April, a few remaining till the end of May. During the 

 first week of March 1914 there were thousands on the Quetta 

 plains. I never saw the breeding-plumage assumed there, 



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